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Scott Piatkowski
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WRDSB Trustee (2018-2026). Board Chair (2021-2022). Affordable housing champion. Opinions are my own. He/Him.
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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · Oct 8
Thanks to @thewalrus.ca for agreeing to publish my thoughts on the proposed elimination of school trustees in Ontario.

#OntEd

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I’m a School Trustee, and Doug Ford Wants to Eliminate My Job | The Walrus
What parents will lose: no one to answer their emails, fight for safe crosswalks, hold the system to account
thewalrus.ca
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dtkmelissa.bsky.social
"On the pending decisions involving municipal reform, Williams asks: Where is the research that shows Ford’s decision is the right one?"
Do we really think our premier makes decisions based on evidence? www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
a man is wearing a sweater with a panther on it and the word schitts creek is on the bottom
ALT: a man is wearing a sweater with a panther on it and the word schitts creek is on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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walshfreedom.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
If you think there's going to be a response to this other than Little Reichstag Fires Everywhere until midterms, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is, people seem to be sick of it.
polltracker.bsky.social Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 15h
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25

President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)

news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
"My poll numbers have never been better."
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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atrupar.com
Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Why can’t we have nice things, too?
Screenshot of a tweet from The Spectator Index on X.com that reads: “JUST IN: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has started serving his 27-year prison sentence.” Below is a portrait of Jair Bolsonaro standing in front of a blurred background with a Brazilian flag.
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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danharriscan.bsky.social
La joke, sa serait que le @npd.ca écoute à @mariodumont.bsky.social... #polcan #cdnpoli
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/11/27/l...
Le NPD devrait offrir sa chefferie à Steven Guilbeault, lance Mario Dumont
La démission de Steven Guilbeault de son poste de ministre du Patrimoine n’a guère surpris les panélistes de La Joute des Analystes.
www.tvanouvelles.ca
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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chrismohney.bsky.social
really went dark for the sequel
A movie marquee advertises for the films Nuremberg in Zootopia 2
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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jessehawken.bsky.social
This looks like if Saddam Hussein went to a Michaels®
patriottakes.bsky.social PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 10h
A video of all the gold adornments Trump added to the Oval Office
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
Canada sees spike in flu cases across the country, health agency reports
Flu season in Canada in full effect: expert
The latest numbers by Health Canada of reported cases of the influenza virus shows a spike in cases across the county.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
scottpiatkowski.bsky.social
That's a very long kiss.

#ItsBeen17MillionYears
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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ndhapple.bsky.social
“Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board” — apple.news/Af96_2kRQT1G...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine — The Wall Street Journal
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
apple.news
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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jeff.doctor
"The register is the latest step in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push to incorporate [magic beans] into federal government operations, which he has claimed will make the public service more efficient."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa launches AI register showing how the tech is being used within federal departments | CBC News
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali announced Friday morning the federal government has launched its first public AI register that outlines how artificial intelligence is being used or tested within ...
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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shoq.bsky.social
On @ms.now, Chris Hayes made the point at the peak of the Great Depression, Hoover’s approval ratings was around 40%. Trump is averaging about 34%. Americans seem to hunger for miserable government.
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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tobiasbwolff.bsky.social
The headline is not just that Pete Hegseth issued a plainly unlawful order to intentionally slaughter survivors after an initial strike. It is also that senior military officers improperly carried out those orders.
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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paulisci.bsky.social
This feels like a metaphor about politics.
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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atrupar.com
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland. As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be “lethal, kinetic strikes.” The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people. Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization. The Biden administration preferred the kid gloves approach, allowing millions of people — including dangerous cartels and unvetted Afghans — to flood our communities with drugs and violence. The Trump administration has sealed the border and gone on offense against narco-terrorists. Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them. Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command. Our warriors in SOUTHCOM put their lives on the line every day to protect the Homeland from narco-terrorists — and I will ALWAYS have their back.
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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susanmcp.bsky.social
We can hope!

"There is still plenty of risk for any Republican in defying Trump. But the farther he falls and the more erratic he becomes, the more that calculation shifts toward the place where it’s every Republican for themselves."

Latest in PN from @paulwaldman.bsky.social (and thank you!)
Why MAGA is coming apart at the seams
Turns out they're not in it for Trump, they're in it for themselves.
www.publicnotice.co
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
This laugh after the boo tho…

She’s legit laughing at her own party.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted by a jury of conspiring to traffic 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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davmicrot.bsky.social
A note on SaneWashing: I read part of this post to family (all liberal Democrats who consume a lot of news, but not social media), and it blew their mind. They all thought it was parody: if Corporate Media did not SaneWash, it would shock US, his approval would plummet from low (30s) to lower(20s).
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
migrant earning $30,000 with a green card will get roughly $50,000 in yearly benefits for their family. The real migrant population is much higher. This refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II (Failed schools, high crime, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, housing shortages, and large deficits, etc.). As an example, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota. Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for “prey” as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone. The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both, while the worst “Congressman/woman” in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how “badly” she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation…
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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jflevin.bsky.social
All of this was ostensibly to strengthen industrial carbon pricing, but it's actually set to weaken pricing and undermine the entire regime
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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katz.theracket.news
As a Northwestern alum, I can say that the university’s true motto has always been “the path of least resistance”
mattheweadie.bsky.social Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 8h
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university

Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM